Automation: How One Association Chose to Work Smarter, Not Harder

January 11, 2016By: Theresa Kessler

Despite the initial cost of setup, automation of routine processes can offer long-term benefits to associations of any size. Here are the questions to ask about the potential for automation and how one association overcame its roadblocks to automation.

Working in accounting and office administration lends itself to a lot of "smarter, not harder" solutions. We all know that the automation of daily activities can increase productivity and decrease human error. When working on something that is going to be repeated again and again, I ask myself, "Can this process be automated?"